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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gohtaro do for a living?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a web developer.
(c) He runs a restaurant.
(d) He is an interpreter.

2. Why does Yukio leave the café to make his phone call?
(a) There is no signal in the café.
(b) He wants to smoke a last cigarette.
(c) He does not want Kazu to overhear.
(d) He is frightened to be alone with the ghost.

3. Why does Yukio regret it immediately after he blurts out that it looks as if Kinuyo has lost weight?
(a) Her weight has always been a sore subject with Kinuyo.
(b) He suspects that his mother's poverty prevents her from getting enough food.
(c) He does not want to draw attention to her illness.
(d) He knows that it is impolite to comment on his mother's appearance.

4. When Gohtaro and Shuichi first meet again in the past, how does Gohtaro see himself acting in front of his old friend?
(a) Angry.
(b) Shy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Awed.

5. Besides Japanese culture, which other culture does the narrator say is especially fond of insects?
(a) Polynesian.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Korean.
(d) Indonesian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Kazu about her age?

2. Why does Nagare ask Gohtaro if something is wrong with his coffee?

3. What is Gohtaro's daughter's name?

4. What is unusual about the coffee that Kazu pours for Gohtaro?

5. Where did Kazu meet the man who is now her boyfriend?

(see the answer key)

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